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Reena A. Gambhir

1700 K Street, NW Suite 650
Washington, DC 20006
202.540.7200 ph
202.540.7201 fax
rgambhir@hausfeldllp.com
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As a partner at Hausfeld LLP, Reena A. Gambhir works on international and domestic antitrust/competition and human rights matters.

In the international antitrust/competition field, Reena A. Gambhir currently represents purchasers of marine hose worldwide who seek a recovery of overcharges as a result of a global price-fixing cartel.  This case resulted in a recent landmark private global settlement agreement in the matter with cartelist Parker ITR and the launching of an action in the London High Court against cartelist Dunlop. She also works extensively on legal issues related to the private civil enforcement of competition laws and the mechanisms for collective redress around the world.

Domestically, Ms. Gambhir currently works on, among other matters, In Re: Refrigerant Compressors Antitrust Litigation (E.D. M) alleging price-fixing on behalf of direct purchasers. Ms. Gambhir’s recent achievements include helping to secure settlements totaling almost $100 million in an antitrust case involving the chemical industry (In Re Hydrogen Peroxide Antitrust Litigation, (E.D. Pa.)). Ms. Gambhir also helped secure a $5.1 million Cy Pres award to endow a Center for Competition Law at The George Washington University Law School, resulting from a portion of a class-action settlement in the case of Diamond Chemical Company, Inc. v. Akzo Nobel Chemicals B.V. and Atofina Chemicals, Inc, et al.

Among international human rights and environmental matters, Ms. Gambhir currently represents residents of Bhopal, India who are exposed to the 1984 Union Carbide gas leak's uncontrolled remaining toxic waste.  Ms. Gambhir also assisted in the representation of the former “comfort women”, women and girls who were forced into sexual slavery during World War II.  In her pro bono work, Ms. Gambhir has represented individuals indefinitely detained without charge by the United States at Guantanamo Bay and has successfully represented a Nepali citizen in United States Immigration Court in political asylum proceedings.

Ms. Gambhir Co-Chairs the firms’ Summer Associate Committee, and Mentoring program.  She is also a member of Hausfeld LLP's Business Development Committee and Pro Bono Committee.

Prior to joining the Firm, Ms. Gambhir served as a law clerk at the Public Defenders Service for the District of Columbia and the Washington Legal Clinic for the Homeless. In addition, she studied in the International Human Rights Law program at Oxford University.